If a railroad knew something about operating a railroad through the mountains, not around them, it was certainly the Rio Grande. On a railroad riddled with grades and tunnels, it took a page from ... (more)

PUEBLO CO June 16 1973 — Rio Grande SD9 5313 leads a caboose hop as it travels south. My photo.

A Full-Size "Model Railroad." How many of us had a 4 x 8 HO train layout in the basement when we were younger? Mine looked a lot like this - a mix of old and new railroad equi... (more)

Denver Rio Grande Western 491 (1902 Baldwin 2-8-2) stretches its legs around the track at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado.

Rio Grande EMD GP60 No. 3155 leads Ansco’s Rio Grande Ski Train around the wye at Tabernash, Colorado, on March 22, 1997.

Back in 1994 DRGW 5404 heads a train climbing the Tennessee Pass as it nears Leadville.

The aerodynamic shape of the Colorado Railroad Museum's Denver and Rio Grande Western 5771 (F9A) gives a clue to the years of pulling passenger trains between Denver and Utah.

DRGW 3106 heads a train climbing the Tennessee pass between Minturn and Leadville in 1994.

Plenty of noise, plenty of smoke, not much speed! I labelled this photo as "Climbing the Tennessee Pass, between Minturn and Leadville". Maybe someone knows a more accurate location.

Black and white seems to suit the Colorado Railroad Museum's Denver & Rio Grande Western 491 (2-8-2) as it runs the museum grounds in front of their collection of vintage rolling stock.

The Rockwood Cut: It's a tight fit! Our 2021 Trains Magazine charter on the Durango & Silverton wrapped up with the photo train, pulled by K-37 #493, arriving back at Rockwood Station, wher... (more)

A Cumbres turn rounds Windy Point on its way to Cumbres with a cut of cars headed for Alamosa. Two or three cuts will be put together for a long train down the other side of the pass. Today the v... (more)

Visitors marvel as the Colorado Railroad Museum's Denver & Rio Grande Western 491 (a Baldwin 2-8-2 built in 1902) runs around the grounds in Golden, Colorado.

The Colorado Railroad Museum showcases DRGW 491, a 2-8-2 locomotive built by Baldwin in 1902.

Afternoon on the High Line.Late in the afternoon, on a sunny day in early September, D&RGW K-37 #493 takes her Silverton Mixed Train southbound around the High Line Horseshoe Curve (MP 469.... (more)